Genesis 47:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. ”

Genesis 47:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Jacob in Goshen 11. רעמסס ra‛m e sês , Ra‘meses “son of the sun.” 31. מטה mı̂ṭṭāh , “bed.” מטה maṭṭeh “staff.” Arrangements are now made for the settlement of Israel in...
Genesis 47:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel (k) bowed himself upon the bed's head. (k) He rejoiced that Joseph had promised him, and setting himself up on his pillows, praised God;...
Genesis 47:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:27 to Genesis 48:22 . Jacob Extracts an Oath that Joseph will Bury him in Canaan, and Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh. Genesis 47:22 f., Genesis 48:3-6 belong to P. To J Genesis 47...
Genesis 47:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

31. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head. By this expression, Moses again affirms that Jacob esteemed it a singular kindness, that his son should have promised to do what he had requi...
Genesis 47:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head - Jacob was now both old and feeble, and we may suppose h...
Genesis 47:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bowed himself upon the bed's head— The Septuagint and Syriac versions render this, Israel worshipped upon the top of his staff; and I see no sort of reason why the Hebrew should not have been ren...
Genesis 47:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly an...
Genesis 47:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joseph presents his Brethren and his Father to Pharaoh. He makes extensive Changes in the Land Tenure of Egypt 6. Rulers over my cattle] The superintendenee of the royal flocks and herds would be...
Genesis 47:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head. — The LXX., followed by the Epistle to the Hebrews ( Genesis 11:21 ) and the Syriac, read, “on the top of his staff.” The word in the Hebrew, without vowel...
Genesis 47:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph Visits His Dying Father Genesis 47:27-31 ; Genesis 48:1-7 How inexorable is the must of death! For many years Jacob had exceeded the ordinary span of human life, and now, like the las...
Genesis 47:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

To watch Jacob is to see a man who alternated between faith and fear. Standing before Pharaoh, his faith in God and his consciousness of his own position in the divine economy were clearly apparent....
Genesis 47:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

May we not spiritualize this promise confirmed by an oath? Doth not JESUS in effect promise the same, to all his people. John 11:25-26 ; Hosea 13:14 ; Hebrews 6:17-18 ; Genesis 47:1 REFLECTIONS...
Genesis 47:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, swear unto me ,.... This he required, not from any distrust of Joseph, but to show his own eagerness, and the intenseness of his mind about this thing, how much he was set upon it, and...
Genesis 47:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. Ver. 31. And Israel bowed himself. ] In way of thankfulness to God, framing himself to the lowliest...
Genesis 47:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

In announcing to Pharaoh the coming of his father and his brothers, Joseph first introduces five of his brothers to him (vs.1-2). We are not told which ones, but they were likely those who could spea...
Genesis 47:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jacob's Charge Concerning His Burial. B. C. 1706. 27 And Israel dwelt in the land of E...
Genesis 47:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Israel bowed himself, not to Joseph, who being now not upon his throne, nor amongst the Egyptians, but in his father's house, was doubtless more ready to pay that reverence (as he did Genesis 48:...
Genesis 47:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Family Tribe Prosper - Jacob's Plea ( Genesis 47:27-31 ) Genesis 47:27 ‘And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they obtained possessions in it and were fruitful,...
Genesis 47:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 47:29-31 ISRAEL’S PREPARATION FOR DEATH Jacob felt that the inevitable hour was drawing nigh. “The time drew nigh that Israel must die,”—even this m...
Genesis 47:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 47:2 . Some of his brethren. ומקצה vemi-ketzeh extremitate, as in Montanus, five of the tallest and finest looking of his brethren; as is the import of the word, Judges 18:2 , when desc...
Genesis 47:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was (literally, the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were ) an hundred fo...
Genesis 47:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joseph's Promise to Jacob
Genesis 47:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Swear. Genesis 24:3 And Israel bowed. Genesis 47:29 Genesis 24:26 Genesis 48:1 Genesis 48:2 1 Kings 1:47 Hebrews 11:21

Genesis 47:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 47:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 47:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 47:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 47:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 47:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 47:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 47:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 47:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 47:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 47:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge